1854 riot in Mosul versus Ottoman reforms Attacked
Christians and Jews for
businesses
they ran and control of taxes that caused resentment
1935 Feisal II future king of Iraq born
1941 British commander at Habaniya base Anbar consulted
London and got permission
to attack
Iraqis surrounding camp Bombed Iraqis starting Anglo-Iraq War/WW2
1941 Iraq launched air strike upon Habaniya base in
retaliation Shelled air field
damaging 40
planes British lost 13 dead and 20 wounded
1941 Grand Mufti in Baghdad declared jihad against British
after attack on Iraqi forces
in Habaniya
1941 Iraqi forces took British fort at Rutba, Anbar
1941 British troops broke up angry mob of Iraqis at Zubeila,
Basra
1941 Iraqi govt asked Germany for diplomatic relations to be
restored and military aid
including
planes
1941 UK Chiefs of Staff ordered Mid-East Commander Gen
Wavell to make plans to
destroy
Iraq’s pipelines
1941 Iraq’s 1st Inf Brigade ordered from Baghdad
to Ramadi to block British troops from
Transjordan being sent to Habaniya
Air Base 11th Inf Brigade sent to Habaniya air base
1941 British took Iraq out of Sterling zone and had foreign
banks close to impose
economic
sanctions on Gaylani govt
1948 Port of Basra protested against Anglo-Iraq Treaty
1953 King Faisall II became of age to directly rule Iraq
replacing Regent al-Ilah
1983 Iran and Iraq exchanged 55 prisoners of war in Turkey
1991 Shiite rebels claimed to have killed 180 Iraqi soldiers
in 9 different attacks in
south
1995 Saddam held meeting to discuss whether Iraq should
continue to cooperate with
UN weapons
inspectors
2003 Oil Ministry re-opened after invasion Thamir Ghabban
announced as new Oil
Minister
2003 ORHA report many ministry buildings in Baghdad had been
taken over by
different groups
2003 UK DefMin Hoon told Rumsfeld ORHA had to deliver in
Iraq
2003 Sadr said Christians in Iraq had to follow Islamic Law
not sell alcohol women
had to be
covered
2003 Ayatollah Jannati Sec Gen Iran’s Council of Guardians
called on Iraqis to carry
out
martyrdom ops to drive US from Iraq
2007 Islamic Army Mujahedeen Army faction of Ansar al-Sunna
and al-Fatihin Army
formed
Reformation and Jihad Front to fight ISI
2007 Karki and Shimour tribes signed peace deal in Diyala
promised to fight ISI
2008 Insurgents beheaded 11 police officers in western Anbar
2008 Sadr refused to meet with Iraqi delegation in Iran to
end Charge of Knights
2009 Sadr made first public appearance in 2 years in Turkey
to meet followers Had
fled Iraq
over fear of US assassination during Surge
2010 Pres Barzani said he believed in dividing Iraq into 3
federal areas along
ethnosectarian
lines
2010 Iran Iraq announced deal to develop 5 oil fields that
straddle two countries
2011 Basra and Najaf tribes joined protest in Anbar against
extending US troop stay
in Iraq
past end of year
2011 Parliament investigation of Jan ISI prison break in
Basra said had help from 2
intelligence officers
2011 Fallujah Waste Water plant started partially working
Work started 2004 after
1st
Battle of Fallujah
2012 Supreme Court issued decision weakening parliament’s
ability to question
ministers
2013 Fake bomb maker Jim McCormick got 10 yrs prison for
fraud in making detectors
2013 Parliamentary investigation said ISF used excessive
force when attacked Hawija
protest
site
2014 Zawahiri said that ISIS had always pledged allegiance
to Al Qaeda
2014 Naqshibandi and ISIS fought in Diyala for 3 months Report
Naqshibandi okayed
killing ISIS
members in Diyala
2015 Report IS controlled most of Baiji refinery and 200 ISF
trapped inside
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